Delaware County Sheriff’s department announced that a\n51-year-old Town of Sidney man reported missing on June 27th was located\ndeceased on Wednesday afternoon. Human\nremains were discovered by utility line employees working in a wooded area near\nthe intersection of Lawton Hill Road and Franklin Depot Road in the Town of\nSidney. Deputies and Investigators\nidentified the remains as those of Byron Furman who had been reported missing\nfrom his Lawton Hill Road residence. \nDelaware County Medical Examiner Dr. Richard Ucci determined that Furman\ndied of natural causes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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State Police and the DOT are continuing “Operation\nHardhat,” as they try to crack down on work zone violations and promote\nsafe driving through active work zones on state highways. State Trooper are patrolling active work\nzones on I-81 in Broome and Route 17 in Tioga County; on Wednesday troopers\nissued 21 tickets in the I-81 work zone on Interstate 81 in Broome County, 16\nwere cell phone tickets, 2 for the Move Over Law, 2 for Moving From a Lane\nUnsafely & 1 for a seat belt violation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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Governor Cuomo today signed Erin’s Law on to New York’s\nbooks today. The law requires public\nschools to teach age appropriate child sexual abuse and exploitation prevention\nclasses to students in kindergarten through eighth grade. Erin’s Law is named\nfor Erin Merryn, who is an abuse survivor and activist against child sexual\nabuse, the law will take effect on July 1, 2020.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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The Bainbridge Chamber of Commerce will hold their annual\n“Bainbridge Day” this Saturday with a variety of events around the\nvillage, spokesperson Lori McGraw explains:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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The event runs from 9:00 AM to 3:00 PM this Saturday\nthroughout the village of Bainbridge. \nMore information is available at 967-8700 or on the Bainbridge Chamber\nof Commerce Facebook page.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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Governor Cuomo signed a new law designed to spare victims of\ndomestic violence some penalties on some of their utility bills. The law allows people fleeing their batterers\nto terminate multi-year telephone or cable contracts at the home they’re\nleaving without paying a penalty; it covers victims who have received an order\nof protection. The law takes effect immediately.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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The Broome County Sherriff\u2019s\nOffice is warning people about a new phone scam where people posing as law\nenforcement. Victims are receiving calls\nfrom a caller claiming to be a deputy & that the victim missed a jury duty\nassignment and needs to complete paperwork and pay a fine to avoid being\narrested. The caller requests the victim\nto meet in the parking lot of the Sherriff\u2019s office and wait there to pay the\nfine. The Sherriff\u2019s department does not\ncollect fines and official transactions are processed inside their office. Anyone who has received this call should\nreport it to 778-1191, extension 1.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand is dropping out of the\npresidential race, after she failed to make the cut for the next Democratic\ncandidate\u2019s debate next month in Houston. Gillibrand announced her decision on\nTwitter also after low poll numbers and difficulty in raising funds. Gillibrand was appointed to the Senate in\n2009 to fill the seat vacated by Hillary Clinton, after she had served this\nregion in the U.S House of Representatives.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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The Bainbridge Old Time Band will have their final\nperformance of the free concerts in the park series this evening. The concert will start at 7:00 PM at the\nBainbridge Village Green Park.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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Delaware County Sheriff’s department announced that a 51-year-old Town of Sidney man reported missing on June 27th was located deceased on Wednesday afternoon. Human remains were discovered by utility line employees working in a wooded area near the intersection of … Continue reading